diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/default.nix
index 30db6a45ea1..aa8492544dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/default.nix
@@ -106,5 +106,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = http://kiwix.org;
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ robbinch ];
+    broken = true;
   };
 }